Magic & Mentalism: page 181

This is a collection of romantic themed magic that can be performed at weddings, on valentine day or close-up at restaurants and bars to couples on a date. Many of the effects are suitable for parlour, as well as close-up and there are multiple live performances for all the tricks, filmed at Illusions Magic Bar before a full explanation.

Glass and Strawberry
A strawberry continually reappears under a glass then turns into a lime.

Key to my Heart
The spectators have to find the key to the magician's heart shaped lock.

Heart and Silk
A silk is produced, penetrates a solid metal heart...

January 2012 - December 2012
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1180 pages

[Note: The online content of the issues, such as audio and video files, are currently not part of this product. I am checking to see if I can add these files at a later date, but there is no guarantee I can give at this point.]

1. Genii - Volume 75, Number 1 - January 2012 - 96 pages
1. Cover - The 12th Los Angeles Conference on Magic History
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    11. online video file available - A Visit to Magic Land
    11. online audio file available - Speaking of Max
    11. online video file available - More Genii Speaks
12. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • online audio file available
    • Practice Makes ... ?
    • More Meanings of Meaningful Magic?
    • Caught Up On Your Reading Yet?
14. Now Performing
22. The Genii Session - Roberto...

January 2011 - December 2011
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1200 pages

1. Genii - Volume 74, Number 1 - January 2011 - 104 pages - Free Parlour Monte trick from Card-Shark Enclosed
1. Cover - Houdini - Art and Magic
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
12. Now Performing
13. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Ancedoting Versus Anecdotage
    • Flashback to 1982
    • Ti Food
14. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • On Practicing Magic ... and Other Issues
18. In Memoriam - The World Loses a Citizen - Charles Reynolds 1932-2010 - by Jamy Ian Swiss
19. Fast and Loose - harry Anderson
    • The...

January 2010 - December 2010
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1184 pages

1. Genii - Volume 73, Number 1 - January 2010 - 96 pages
1. Cover - The 11th Los Angeles Conference on Magic History
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
11. Now Performing - New York & Boston
12. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Poker Trumps Magic Tricks
    • A Pitch on Pitching
13. Now Performing - The Magic Castle & Las Vegas
14. In Memoriam
    • Carl Ballantine 1917-2009 - Joan Lawton
    • Jon Booth 1912-2009 - Clay Shevlin
16. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • Technical Writing - About the Aesthetics
18. Magicana...

January 2009 - December 2009
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1224 pages

1. Genii - Volume 72, Number 1 - January 2009 - 112 pages
1. Cover - Wayne Dobson
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
11. Now Performing - Monday Night Magic - New York
12. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Googling, Groking and Searchin'
    • Mind Games for Mystery Schoolers
    • Unimaginable Libraries, Plus Hoax and Awe
13. Now Performing - The Magic Castle - Las Vegas
15. Max Maven's Inquisition
16. Cryptic Crossword - No. 1 - Josh Mandel
    • A Basic Guide to Solving Cryptic Crosswords
18. Magicana - David Acer
    18. Unwedding...

January 2008 - December 2008
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1392 pages

1. Genii - Volume 71, Number 1 - January 2008 - 124 pages - Free Disappearing Rabbit Trick Enclosed
1. Cover - The Tenth Los Angeles Conference on Magic History
5. Contents
10. Genii This Month - January - Jim Steinmeyer
11. Now Performing - The Magic Castle - Las Vegas
12. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
14. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Who Said Nostalgia Ain't What It Used To Be?
    • Freaky-Deaky-Creepy-Geeky Doo-Dah
    • Short Takes
17. Max Maven's Inquisition
18. Magicana - David Acer
    18. Nexus - Satoshi Toyoda
    21. The New Mind...

January 2007 - December 2007
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1400 pages

1. Genii - Volume 70, Number 1 - January 2007 - 120 pages - Free "Bruise" Enclosed from Creative Magic
1. Cover - Tony Chapek
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
11. Now Performing - The Magic Castle - Las Vegas
12. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Magic: A Joking Matter?
    • Is Magic and Infinite Game?
    • Everybody has ADD
    • There May Be More to Mitt-Reading Than Palms
13. Cartoon - Rich Powell & Josh Mandel
15. Max Maven's Monthly Inquisition
16. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • Assemblage II - Continued from November...

January 2006 - December 2006
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1424 pages

1. Genii - Volume 69, Number 1 - January 2006 - 120 pages
1. Cover - Jean-Jacques Sanvert
4. Bob Read 1940-2005
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
11. Now Performing - The Magic Castle - Las Vegas
12. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Bob Read 1940-2005
14. Bob Read and the Cups and Balls - Teller
17. Max Maven's Monthly Inquisition
15. Cartoon - Martin's Misdirection - James Burks
24. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • a look at the methodological concepts that make card magic work
26. The Language of Illusion - Jim Steinmeyer ...

January 2005 - December 2005
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1432 pages

1. Genii - Volume 68, Number 1 - January 2005 - 120 pages
1. Cover - Kalin & Jinger
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
11. Now Performing - The Magic Castle - Las Vegas
12. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Austin Dobson's Remark
    • Parasites and Precursors
15. Max Maven's Monthly Inquisition
20. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • More Study of Magic Literature: The Vernon Chronicles 2
22. The Inside Story - Mark Wilson
    • Number 11 - The Vanishing Automobile
26. Supernatural Chicago - Reviewed by Eugene Burger ...

January 2004 - December 2004
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1320 pages

1. Genii - Volume 67, Number 1 - January 2004 - 112 pages
1. Cover - Ian Rowland
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
13. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Mirror Savvy
    • Blaine, Weirdness and Sacred Pain
14. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • Choice Literature
22. A Rich Cabinet of Magical Curiosities - Edwin A. Dawes
    • 49 - Hercat, The Author
    • Addendum 2003
24. Magicana - Guest Editor - Jon Racherbaumer
    24. Ring on Stick - Reed McClintock
    25. Card Wrap - Peter Kane
    27. Zodiac - Christoph Wasshuber
    27. Rub-A-Dub-Deluxe...

January 2003 - December 2003
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1288 pages

1. Genii - Volume 66, Number 1 - January 2003 - 112 pages
1. Cover - The Magic Castle Turns 40 ... and We go to a Seancé
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman Kurzweil
16. David Copperfield's Project Magic - Arthur
24. Ibiden & Aziz At Last - Max Maven & P. Howard Lyons
    26. Parallel Lyons - Max Maven
    27. Nine, Nine, Nine - Mel Stover
    76. Reading Between the Lyons - Max Maven
    76. On the Si Stebbins System - P. Howard Lyons
    77. Confusion - P. Howard Lyons
    77. That's What I Call Direct! - P. Howard Lyons
    78. The Bard and The Bible...

January 2002 - December 2002
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1168 pages

1. Genii - Volume 65, Number 1 - January 2002 - 96 pages
1. Cover - Mac King
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
12. The Los Angeles Conference on Magic History - Dustin Stinett
14. Messages - Your Thoughts
    • Stephen Minch
    • Brett Sears
    • Christopher H. Hanna
    • Dennis Marks
    • Tim Wallace
    • Andy Schneider
    • Bryan Lizotte
    • Bob Loomis
    • Jeff Brown
    • Magicmike2013Aaol.com
    • Ulf Morling
18. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • On John Ramsay
      • John Ramsay - Personal Moments
      • John Ramsay - The Man ...

January 2001 - December 2001
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1096 pages

1. Genii - Volume 64, Number 1 - January 2001 - 96 pages
1. Cover - Millennium Reflections
5. Contents
8. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
14. Messages
    • David Regal
    • Rick Green
    • Steve Rogers
    • Dan Waldron
    • George Weiss
    • Gregg Webb
15. Knights at the Magic Castle - Jules Lenier
    • Performing at The Magic Castle Next Month
16. A Warlock Goes to Salem - Elizabeth Warlock
20. Millennium Reflections
    20. Letting Loose the Light - Jon Racherbaumer
        • Prologue
        • One
        • Two
        • Three
        • Four
    21. Millennium...

January 2000 - December 2000
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1064 pages

1. Genii - Volume 63, Number 1 - January 2000 - 88 pages
1. Cover - The Magician as Detective - New Light on Erdnase
5. Contents
8. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
13. Knights at the Magic Castle - Jules Lenier
    • Performing at The Magic Castle Next Month
16. The Magician as Detective - New Light on Erdnase - David Alexander
28. A Geezer Interviews a Geezer - Jay Marshall Interviews George Johnstone
36. The 6ht Los Angeles Conference on Magic History - Richard Kaufman
46. A Rich Cabinet of Magical Curiosities - Edwin A. Dawes

January 1999 - December 1999
Richard Kaufman, Editor

912 pages

1. Genii - Volume 62, Number 1 - January 1999 - 72 pages
1. Cover - William W. Larsen, Sr.
5. Contents
6. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
   • Where We've Been and Where We're Going
   • Michael Skinner and the Death of the Art
   • Speak to Genii and it Will Speak to You
8. Messages
   • Matthew Field
   • Steve Bryant
   • Bob Neale
   • Bev Bergeron
10. Bagdad
    • Bond Kills by Card Tricks
    • Sands of the Desert
    • Hooray! Tasteful Magic Greeting Cards Now Available
    • Interactions and Influences
11. Masked Magician Voodoo Doll ...

November 1997 - September 1998
Irene Larsen, Publisher and Erika Larsen, Editor This Volume has only 5 Issues

372 pages

1. Genii - Volume 61, Number 1 - November 1997 - 76 pages
1. Cover - Jack Kodell
5. Contents
11. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
14. Letters
    • Exposure Blues - John Holveck
    • Pete C. Matsuka
    • Hand it to You - Bob Loomis
    • An Ex"swain"ation - James Swain
    • Attention Readers!
15. Guide to Advertisers
18. A Word From Our Publisher - Irene Larsen
    • Greetings, Friends - poem - Steve Bryant
22. Genii News - Magic News - compiled by Erika Larsen
    • Round & About ...

November 1996 - October 1997
Irene Larsen, Publisher and Erika Larsen, Editor

1024 pages Each issue starts with page number one - therefore, each page has an issue number and a page number.

1. Genii - Volume 60, Number 1 - November 1996 - 92 pages
1. Cover - Joel Hodgson
5. Contents
11. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
16. Letters
    • Anniversary Waltz - Stanley Blumenthal
    • Richard Cohn
    • Anniversary Faults - Eugene Poinc
    • Plans for the Future - Molly Meyer
    • Wherever - Eugene Burger
    • T.M.W.K.T.M. - Max Maven
    • Artist Currently Known As - Hamlet Gervorkian
    • Sitting on a Barbed Wire...

November 1995 - October 1996
Irene Larsen, Publisher and Erika Larsen, Editor

1028 pages

1. Genii - Volume 59, Number 1 - November 1995 - 80 pages
1. Cover - Bob Markwood's Perfect Birthday Party?
5. Contents
9. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
12. Letters
    • Isn't Life Wonderful? - Roger Thompson
    • Puttin' on the Ritz - Mike Rogers
    • Get Back - Tom Zell
    • Trend of Truth - Bruce Meyers
    • Monumental - Peter D. Blanchard
    • Incidental - Ed Warren
13. Guide to Advertisers
14. A Word From Our Publisher - Irene Larsen
18. Genii News - Magic News - compiled by Erika Larsen
    • "Two" of a Kind ...

November 1994 - October 1995
Irene Larsen, Publisher and Dante and Erika Larsen, Editors

944 pages

1. Genii - Volume 58, Number 1 - November 1994 - 68 pages
1. Cover - NBC's "World's Greatest Magic"
5. Contents
9. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
10. Letters Department
    • Pat Hennessy
    • Nathan Jenkins
    • Al Portwood
    • Erika Larsen
11. A Word From Our Publisher - Irene Larsen
11. Genii Guide to Advertisers
14. Genii News - Magic News - compiled by Erika Larsen
    • Credit Card Carney
    • Impressive Numbers
    • Gathering Magic
    • Library of Congress
    • More Vegas
    • Thanks for the Memories

November 1993 - October 1994
Irene Larsen, Publisher and Dante and Erika Larsen, Editors

844 pages

1. Genii - Volume 57, Number 1 - November 1993 - 68 pages
1. Cover - Patrick Culliton and T.L. Williams Conjure Up the Spirit of Houdini
5. In This Issue - contents
20. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
21. Houdini - A Special Issue - Patrick Culliton and T.L. Williams
    21. Houdini, A Magician for the Ages - Patrick Culliton
    23. Outline - Society Sketch - by Harry Houdini
    24. Bahl Yahn and the Strong Man - by Harry Houdini
    26. Manny - Patrick Culliton
    27. Flight and Magic - Harry Houdini
    29. Buried Alive...

November 1992 - October 1993
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor then, Irene Larsen, Publisher and Dante Larsen, Editor

816 pages

1. Genii - Volume 56, Number 1 - November 1992 - 76 pages
1. Cover - Theo Annemann
5. In This Issue - contents
22. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
23. Annemann
    23. Vamp Till Ready - Bob Weill
    24. Early Annemann and How He Thought - Robert Parrish
    25. Bill Larsen, Sr. on Ted Annemann
    26. The Annemann Story - Bob Weill
    26. Annemann's Foibles
        26. The Story of The Fox & The Goobers
        26. The Story of The Missing Marksman
        27. The Story of Wheels That Turn
        27. The...

November 1991 - October 1992
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor

856 pages

1. Genii - Volume 55, Number 1 - November 1991 - 76 pages
1. Cover - Doc Eason
5. In This Issue - contents
25. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
26. Doc Eason Feature - The Rocky Mountain Magic of Doc Eason
    26. My First Visit to The Tower - Michael Ammar
    27. Doc Eason Interviewed by Eric Mead
    28. The Tower Magic Bar
    29. Have Card Trick ... Will Travel - Doc Eason
    31. Jamy Ian Swiss on: Magic Bar
        • The Legend Lives
        • The Texture of the Weave
    32. Some Words about Doc from Ray Mertz and Karl Norman
    33. Mertz's...

November 1990 - October 1991
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor

852 pages

1. Genii - Volume 54, Number 1 - November 1990 - 80 pages
1. Cover - Jay Scott Berry
5. In This Issue - contents
22. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
23. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
24. Celestial Sorcery, Inc. Presents A Special Issue - Jay Scott Berry
    26. Son of a Son of a Sorcerer
    40. The Fog Goblet - Jay Scott Berry
    41. The Mist Primer - Jay Scott Berry
    41. The Fog Hat - Jay Scott Berry
    42. The TM Primer - Jay Scott Berry
    42. Wacky Wand - Jay Scott Berry
    43. The Aero System - Jay Scott Berry
44. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates ...

July 1989 - June 1990
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor

848 pages

845. Genii - Volume 53, Number 1 - July 1989 - 76 pages
845. Cover - Siegfried and Roy
849. In This Issue - contents
868. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
869. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
870. Siegfried & Roy World Tour - Bill and Irene Larsen
876. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
     • The Fabulous Frosty Guy
878. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
     878. Proxy Stab - Phil Goldstein
     880. Intermission - James Patton
881. Absolutely Ogden - Tom Ogden
     • The Linking Nightmare - Tom Ogden
882. Tripp's...